Port O’Connor Students
Commended in All Subjects
Third Grade:
Jeanette Ramirez,Tyler Reed, Carly Rosenboom,
Paige Satterfield, Hannah Tucker, Gavin Vasquez
Fourth Grade:
Jacob Diaz, Drake Dyes
Fifth Grade:
Parker Luna, Hailey Mang
Sixth Grade:
Luis Resendiz

Port O’Connor School Honor Roll
A Honor Roll
First Grade: Shane Branch, Sarah Doggett,Joey Helms,
Anthony Luna, Tarah Munsch, Amy Resendiz,
John Rosenboom, Madison Stringo, Shayla Teel
Second Grade: Dalton Alford, McKaelyn Carriles, Evan Clifton,
Kali Gregory, Allyson Luna, Taylor Ragusin, Brooklyn Redmond, Eli Romo
Third Grade: Elizabeth Carey, Trey Hagler, Thomas Hawes, Clayton Maraggia, Jeanette Ramirez, Tyler Reed,
Carly Rosenboom, Paige Satterfield
Fourth Grade: Jacob Diaz, Drake Dyes, Zoila Garcia, Gavin Gosnell Fifth Grade: Elsa Garcia, Parker Luna, Hailey Mang
A-B Honor Roll
First Grade: Harley Albrecht, Jordan Blevins, Joseph Diaz, Maddie Hawes, Jessie Lashley
Second Grade: Ronnie Carriles, Esmeralda Garcia, Faith Peeler, Chloe Ragusin
Third Grade: Kaleigh Diaz, Riley Hughs, Sierra Posey,
Shayleigh Sprague, Sam Thumann, Hannah Tucker, Gavin Vasquez
Fourth Grade: Marshall Arlitt, Mitchell Arlitt, Cierra Harper,
Craig Lopez, Madison Posey, Gillian Vasquez
Fifth Grade: Javier Guzman, Justin Munsch, Jaylin Ramirez, Kevin Resendiz, Jerry Satterfield, Wendy Solis
Sixth Grade: Luis Resendiz, Whitney Ronshausen

Seadrift School Honor Roll
A Honor Roll
First Grade:    Brock Blevins, Lysette Estradad, Emily James,                 Terrick Martinez, Ryder Morales, Taysia Navarro,                 Jayda Nguyen, Kyler Sanders, Ivin Vazquez
Second Grade:      Spencer Allen, Christian Bedwell, Colin Carabajal,                 Ethan Mikolas, Matthan Morgan, Amber Rodriguez,                 Christopher Salinas, Travis Shannon
Third Grade:    Christian Bedwell, Emily Cain, Ethan Mikolas,                 Hunter Mitchell, Danny Munoz, Amber Rodriguez,                Casey Wooldridge
Fourth Grade:      Heather Glover, Krislyn Key, Anna Sachtleben
Fifth Grade:      Leo Bedwell, Torri Mikolas, KelseyVannoy
Sixth Grade:      Seth Bubenik, Joseph Nguyen
Eighth Grade:      Katherine Glover, Kaylie Gomez, Becky Johnson,                 Tessa Mikolas, Mya Nguyen, Trey Rodriguez,                 Matthew Vannoy
A-B Honor Roll
First Grade:      Julissa Banda, Carlos Cardena, Azriel Carrera,                 Karime Castillo, Noah Estrada, Destiny Garza,
Caleb Gregory, Maritza Jaramillo, Kinley Lowery,                 Donald Morales, Alex Perez, Landen Rasmussen,                 Nataly Rodriguez, Barbara Shannon, Joseph White,                Joel Zarate
Second Grade:      Shelby Cady, Shaley Edwards, Fernie Mendez,
Jason Nguyen, Andrew Ragusin, Logan Whitaker
Third Grade:      Canion Epley, Lexxie Gilliland, Dakota James,                 Rebecca Mendez, Michael Sachtleben, Eve Timms,                 Liliana Torres, Abigail Vallejo
Fourth Grade:      Brianna Cruz, Karley Gregory, Ahni James,
Danielle Morales
Fifth Grade:      Cristal Barcenas, Laney Blevins, Raquel Clinton,
Gage Deforest, Shelby Deforest, Sean Estes,
Abbi Luna, Abby Morgan, Dustin Nguyen,
Jennifer Rodriguez, Erika Ruiz, Caleb Timms
Sixth Grade:      Ty Boedeker, Luke Cain, Walker Canales,
Alexis Carabajal, Gage Daniel, Kaylene Frazier,
Joseph Mayorga, Samantha Mendez,
Aaliyah Navarro, Nathan Nguyen, Gabriel Ramirez,                 McCade Stafford, Jose Vallejo
Seventh Grade:  Morgan Blakeman, Marcus Carabajal,
Madison Carter, Tiffany Galloway, Michelle Gamez,                 Grant Gray, Angel Martinez Jr., Monica Mendez,                 Jacob Morgan, Christina Nguyen, Shelby Pritchard,                 Victoria Reyes
Eighth Grade:      Andrea Beaver, Kolten Braun, Cori Camacho,                 Jonathon Coleman, Kassidy Colianni,
Lauren Cummins, Ashley Cunningham,
Adam Emery, James Green, Sara Guice,
Tristan Henderson, Julian Hernandez, Micaela Litsey,
Kolby Martin, Marissa Martinez, Jacob Montano,
Richard Nguyen, Samantha Shaw, McCall Stafford,                 Falyn Thomas, Mario Vallejo, Marisol Vallejo,
Taylor Wilson, Franny Youngblood

Perfect Attendance for the Year
Port O’Connor School
First Grade:    Tarah Munsch, Amy Resendiz
Second Grade:    McKaelyn Carriles
Third Grade:    Javier Ayala, Clayton Maraggia, Tyler Reed,
Oscar Resendiz, Paige Satterfield
Fourth Grade:    Mitchell Arlitt, Madison Posey
Fifth Grade:    Elsa Garcia, Shelby Rodgers
Seadrift School
Kindergarten:    Cruz Mayorga, Jacob Nguyen
First Grade:      Barbara Shannon
Second Grade:      Colin Carabajal, Fernie Mendez, Donald Morales,                 Travis Shannon
Third Grade:      Danny Munoz, Casey Wooldridge
Fourth Grade:      Danielle Morales
Fifth Grade:      Cristal Barcenas, Ethan Wooldridge
Sixth Grade:      Ty Boedeker, Alexis Carabajal, Alex Garza,
Joseph Mayorga, Samantha Mendez,
Matthew Stringham, Jose Vallejo
Seventh Grade:  Marcus Carabajal, Madison Carter, Tiffany Galloway,             Grant Gray, Monica Mendez, Christina Nguyen
Eighth Grade:      Katherine Glover, Sara Guice

This past weekend we were privileged to meet and greet 400 servicemen/women who have served, or are currently serving in our U.S. Armed Forces. The majority of them have been wounded in service of our country, with many spending endless days in hospitals enduring operations, treatments and therapy.

This is the fifth year that Port O’Connor has played host to these heroes, and we wish to thank Ron Kocian and his Warrior’s Weekend Committee for choosing our community as the place for this amazing and inspiring gathering and the many volunteers and donors who made it possible.

This issue of Dolphin Talk features photos from Warrior’s Weekend, plus comments from a few of those who took part. Much more can be found on the Warrior’s Weekend web site: www.warriorsweekend.org .

This Memorial Day we also remember all those who have served in the military throughout the years. Please take a moment out of your Memorial Day festivities to reflect on the meaning of the day and be thankful for all those who have contributed and are today contributing to the freedom we all enjoy.

No words needed; this says it all.

Memorial Field of Flags with military helicopter in background

Vintage planes fly over the awaiting crowd at Warrior’s Weekend.

A small section of the welcoming crowd. Some waited for hours to welcome the soldiers. Seven busloads of wounded warriors (400 soldiers, plus 140 family members) were enthusiastically greeted at Froggie’s Bait Dock on Saturday morning, May 21, Warrior’s Weekend V.

The Dolphin thanks Bill Tigrett, Peggy Wilkinson, and Patricia Mayhall for their Warrior’s Weekend photo contributions.

Staff Sgt. Youngblood of Austin was the first to have his name engraved on the sand castle’s “Wall of Hope”.

Amazing morning! Tears of joy, gratitude, love, pride, and some sadness as we saw the sacrifice..and the noise of PRIDE & GRATITUDE & LOVE is deafening! The ability to personally touch, shake hands, thank, show love to these brave heroes who we met at the dock was a true gift. God blessed those few hours this morning, as He has this entire endeavor. Thank You!
–Julie O’Keefe Yost

My hubby arrived yesterday (from Colorado). He said he got to ride on the back of a motorcycle. He just put his cane over his lap. He was so excited!!! Thank you for this. He has a brain injury but I know he’ll never fully forget this weekend!
-Tammi Banning-Mcvey

Thank You so much for what you are doing for our heroes. My husband is there this weekend and has said he is being treated like the president and is having a wonderful time already It’s nice that they can feel appreciated too.
-Deborah Vela

Thank you, thank you for what you are doing for our heroes. I think this is the first time my son has felt appreciated since he was med-evacced from Afghanistan.
–Diane Clewell

I have been getting update text’s from my husband who is there all day long. He is so overwhelmed. Thank you for this!! It means so much for these soldiers to feel appreciated!!
– Annie Wood

I arrived home last night after a wonderful, weekend full of healing and fun. The people who were volunteering their time and donating their money have no idea how much they mean to me now and I want to say Thank you. You have touched my life and helped me physically as well as mentally. Its unbelievable how much each and every person there truly made me feel like they were there for me, and wanted to make sure I had the time of my life. I know there was several hundred of us but it felt very personal and I felt a very personal connection to each of you.
Thank you
–S.M.

Thanks to all for having my husband at your wonderful event. My hubby was so impressed at the show of support and said “By the amount of people that were out..you would have thought it was mandatory” LOL Our lives have been so different these last few years but it means the world to us when people come together and show him that they do care..THANK YOU
–Alma Jordan Hall

WOW, I can’t even begin to express or articulate how truly special this weekend was for us. Every one in the Ft Bliss group was blown away by the genuine love poured out by all of you from the Houston area, VICTORIA, TX, the small towns along the way and Port O’Connor. This is a whole lot more than a weekend fishing trip for Wounded Warriors and Vets. God Bless all you. This was an inspiring event. Thank you.
–David Coles

My son is there, he has called me several times and said he can’t begin to express what this weekend has been like. He is overwhelmed and kept saying “dad you can’t believe the way they are treating us” “wish you could see this” Thank you
–Thomas Hines